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Type: | Patent |
Title: | Landmine avoidance and protection device |
Author: | Fuss, Franz Konstantin Tan, Ming A. |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
School/Discipline: | School of Mechanical Engineering |
Statement of Responsibility: | Fuss, Franz Konstantin and Tan, Ming Adin |
Abstract: | A mine avoidance and protection device has a frame adapted to be secured to a source of a load, such as the foot of a person. Attached to the frame are at least three support legs each extending from the frame. Each leg has a releasable joint between the leg and the frame. At least one detector is operable to provide a detection capability for each support leg, operable to detect a characteristic of a mine when at least a portion of the support leg is located proximate to the mine. An actuator operable to provide an actuation capability at the joint of each leg, to: constrain the joint to allow a load to be transmitted from the frame, through the joint and the support to the terrain. The actuator can also release the joint such that a load can not be transmitted from the frame through the joint. The joint between the plate and each leg may be a one degree-of-freedom prismatic joint or revolute joint |
Description: | United States Patent Application 20070044645
Publication Date:03/01/2007 Copyright 2007 Patents.com |
Published version: | http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=Landmine+avoidance+and+protection+device+&sort=relevance&srch=top |
Appears in Collections: | Mechanical Engineering publications |
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